Many years ago I had a friend who moved back to the mainland from Hawaii. She told me that the word in Hawaii for a soulless creep was “howly.” It derived from the Hawaiian word “haole” meaning a non-Hawaiian person and in street parlance, it was a bad thing to call somebody. Isn’t it ironic that the only nay vote to the COVID-19 Anti-Asian hate crimes bill passed by the Senate today was Josh Hawley?
For reasons known only to himself, Hawley voted against the bill which was passed 94-1 and he’s getting plenty of heat.
Insurrectionist Josh Hawley was the lone Senator to not vote for this bill. Missouri demographics:
White: 82.16%
Black: 11.49%
Two or more races: 2.63%
Asian: 1.98%
Native American: 0.44%
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.13%
Other: 1.17%https://t.co/Hhc0Wtf8V8— Piyush Mittal (@piyushmittal) April 22, 2021
Two thoughts pop to mind: One, he figures that there aren’t enough Asian people in his constituency to matter to him vote wise, so screw them and two, this is an affirmation of white supremacy and it dovetails with all the right-wing conspiracy theories, China sent the virus, the election was stolen, all of that. As one person on Twitter said, “Josh Hawley is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of Tucker Carlsons.” Wow. What an identity.
Matt Gaetz was the lone vote against the Sex Trafficking Bill, because he’s a sex trafficker. Josh Hawley was the only vote against the Asian Hate Crime Bill.
— Hoodlum ?? (@NotHoodlum) April 22, 2021
FUN FACT: Josh Hawley, aka Senator Sedition Fist, doesn't even live in Missouri, which he represents. Your RT and small donation helps us get these billboards up all over MO. https://t.co/sWyI5wLYcB
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) April 22, 2021
We haven’t forgotten about Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz’s role in the insurrection and attempting to overturn the election. They shouldn’t be in the Senate.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 16, 2021
We’ll see how this plays out. I’m guess Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Green and the America First caucus crowd is snickering right now.
Would you expect anything less from Josh HEE-HAW Hawley???
What a moroon.
You mean Josh Ass-Hawley?
Always good that the Bad Guys have three names.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Marjorie Taylor Green
Donald John tRump
Tucker (Fill in the Blank) Carlson
Josh Ass Hawley
Raphael Edward Cruz
Lorraine (Lost in Space – lasers by MTG) Boebert
Louie The Louse Gomert
…endless idiocy…
Hitler Junior makes it too easy to spot him coming, doesn’t he?
Brilliant.
“Josh Hawley is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of Tucker Carlsons.”
It’s all too darned weird. Let the petard be hoist. Argh.
“Haole” actually translates more closely to “newcomer” or “outsider.” It just happens that white people are the most recent newcomer/outsiders. “Kama’aina” is recognition that you’ve been here a while, you’re one of us. A white person whose family has lived in Hawai’i for generations may be “kama’aina.” That word is also used to designate things like discounts for residents.
I had the pleasure of living on Oahu for several years. As a white newcomer, I was denied job interviews in some places. It was an instructive experience.